Ward · London Borough of Redbridge
Barkingside.
Barkingside sees an approval rate of 71% — 4 points below the Redbridge average across 631 substantive planning decisions, with a refusal rate of 29.5%.[1]
Redbridge631 applications
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ShowingAll years · subscriber →across all years on record — a period re-scopes the headline figures and the trend
631
Applications 2001–26
Decided applications
71%
Approval rate
4pp below borough avg (74%)
29.5%
Refusal rate
8th highest of 22
8.7
Avg decision time
Wks · borough avg 9.2
Data from publicly available Redbridge planning records and committee minutes, 2001–26.
Ward overview
Barkingside recorded 631 substantive planning decisions over 2001–26, approving 71% of them — 4 percentage points below the Redbridge borough average of 74%. Its refusal rate of 29.5% is 8th highest of 22.
Application and refusal breakdown— subscriber data
Residential extension / alteration
New residential
Change of use
Commercial development
Recent planning decisions— subscriber data
Committee members for this ward
Councillor
Party
Role
Interventions
Success rate
Cllr Mark Williams
Labour
Planning committee
23
47%
Cllr Emma Torres
Labour
Ward member
6
33%
Cllr Mark Williams
Labour
Planning committee
23
47%
Cllr Emma Torres
Labour
Ward member
6
33%
Interventions: formal calls to bring an application before committee. Success rate: percentage where the committee sided with the councillor against officer recommendation.
Sources & method
- [1]Ward approval and refusal rates, application counts and decision-time figures — London Borough of Redbridge planning register and published decision notices, 2001–26. · methodology
- [2]Conservation areas, Article 4 directions and heritage designations — the borough’s adopted Local Plan and conservation-area appraisals.
- [3]Committee interventions and councillor records — public planning committee minutes and published decision notices.
- [4]Application-type mix and refusal grounds — case-officer reports coded against the adopted Local Plan, London Plan and NPPF.
Methodology is published in full so every number is traceable to its primary source.